In-house field teamBrand directly hires field workforce as full-time employees. Year-round payroll + statutory + management hierarchy. Fixed cost.
Vendor networkLocal execution partners (city-level agencies + sub-vendors + installers) paid per campaign. Variable cost. Scales with demand.
Hybrid execution model2026 winning architecture. Small in-house core (category + procurement + audit) + vendor network (execution) + FEI verification (accountability).
Field Execution Intelligence (FEI)Purpose-built software category for live verification of every offline campaign event. Sits underneath both in-house and vendor models.
Per-vendor Tier A+ to D scorecardReal-time classification of vendors by VER, fraud flags, customer satisfaction. Drives procurement renewal.
Variable cost modelPay only for active campaigns; scale up/down with demand. Vendor network characteristic.
Fixed cost burdenYear-round salary + statutory + benefits regardless of campaign load. In-house characteristic.
Pan-India coveragePractical city-level reach. In-house: 50-60 cities. Top vendor agencies: 246+ cities.
Tier 3-4 reachCoverage of smaller Indian cities and towns. Vendor model has structural advantage due to local labour pools.
VDA (Variable Dearness Allowance)Government-mandated wage component revised April 1 + October 1. Drives in-house cost upward.
Code on Wages 50% basic ruleBasic salary must be ≥50% of CTC. Increases PF/ESI base; in-house cost rises 10-15%.
Re-onboarding taxTime cost (3-7 days) when a new worker joins mid-campaign. Compounds in high-attrition environments.
Verified Execution Rate (VER)% of activities passing all verification layers. Headline KPI.
Proof Before Payment (PBP)Procurement standard tying invoice approval to verified per-event execution.
9-layer mock-location detectionGPS authenticity model catching spoofing apps. 100% detection rate.
Live-capture enforcementPhoto must be captured in real-time via app camera; gallery uploads disabled.
Face-match + Aadhaar identityWorker face matched against Aadhaar-validated registration photo.
Per-asset historical execution memorySearchable chronological thread on every asset; enables seamless vendor handoff.
BRSR CoreSEBI ESG framework. Mandatory reasonable assurance for top 250 (FY 2025-26) → top 1,000 (FY 2026-27).
gOGig AI14 production models. 100% verification accuracy. 100% fraud detection rate.